When the Midland built the Settle and Carlisle in the
1870's they used three distinctive station designs. The medium-sized was the most
common and so features at Tupdale.

indentTupdale might seem like a spacious
mainline station but the whole layout, including a hidden reversing loop and 6 long
storage loops beneath, fits into a room 8 feet by 10. The main reason it looks so
open and uncluttered is because of the apparent depth of the backscene which is based on
photographs of the area. Commercial items never look right so I always paint my own
- there are over 30 feet of this one and it took me a whole week to paint!